Call of Duty Oneshots

The Reaper | Simon 'Ghost' Riley

You laid on the cold, hard dirt. Bullets blazing through the air. Your blood soaking your uniform. Explosions and shouting all around you.

Your eyes fluttered from trying to catch your breath in your bruised and blood-filled lungs.

Your skin felt colder as you laid there. All the chaos began to get quieter like someone turning the volume down on a dial.

Trying to move, your limbs wouldn't budge. Breaths were growing more shallow until they stopped.

Panicking, you tried to hear your heartbeat or a single breath but the haunting silence made your eyes flood like a floodgate.

No. No. No. Not yet.

Death. Something so ugly felt so surprisingly calm. Peaceful. Welcoming.

The breeze let strains of your hair kiss your face softly. The overwhelming pain that you once felt was numb.

Footsteps to your right broke through. You turned your head seeing a figure approaching.

Features were hard to make out. As it got closer, you were able to see a dark cloak over a skull like mask.

You felt fear and serenity dance as one in your chest.

Don't fear the Reaper.

You were suddenly standing in front of the figure. Your limbs didn't ache from the wounds you succumbed to.

"Who are you?" You asked calmly, looking at the hauntingly alluring skull mask.

"You don't know me, but I know you. And I've waited an eternity for you." It was a male voice. Harsh with a British like accent that gave you an immense feeling of immunity.

"Are you a Ghost?" you asked.

He only shook his head. You felt a mile radiate from him.

Memories that weren't yours flashed into your mind. You knew him, but this version of you didn't.

The figure was someone you knew well in another life. You spent lifetimes with him. Next to him. Gliding through the air together so gracefully. He was yours. In every lifetime and now he was here to have you in this one.

Romeo and Juliet are together for eternity.

"We can be like they are." He said smoothly. "Come on baby," Don't fear the Reaper. "Take my hand." Don't fear the Reaper.